Land of Snow


R266: Snow Crystals	R267: Snowman	R268: Ice Flows	R269: Cranes in Snowfield

Issue	Land of Snow
Prefecture	Hokkaodiou
Date of Issue	5 February 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denominations	se-tenant strip of 4 (80 yen x 2 + 50 yen x 2)
Designs	R266(80 yen, left): Snow Crystals	R267(80 yen, right): Snowman	R268(50 yen, left): Ice Flows	R269(50 yen, right): Cranes in Snowfield
Quantity	12,875,000 sets
Image Area	22.5 x 27.0 millimeters, vertical
Printing	Photogravure in 5 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designers	80 yen: Takata Noriko		50 yen: Fujikura Hideyuki
Sold at	Post Offices in Hokkaidou, and the appointed post offices (see the menu page)
First Day of Issue Postmarks	Sapporo Central Post Office
	Asahikawa Central Post Office
	Abashiri Post Office
	Hayakita Yukidaruma Post Office
	Tsurui Post Office

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

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(Small Note for the Issue)

Land of Snow

To commemorate the 50th Sapporo Snow Festival and to publicize the enjoyment and beauty of Hokkaido, commemorative stamps were issued in form of a horizontal se-tenant of four stamps. They depict the things related to winter in Hokkaidou.